George Jovino

George "Jaggy" Jovino (died 1950) was an associate of the Corleone crime family. In 1950, he was executed for defecting to the Barzini crime family.

Biography
George Jovino grew up in Little Italy, New York City to a family of Sicilian and Irish descent, and he became a family friend of the Corleones. He became a childhood friend of Sonny Corleone, and he introduced him to robbing trucks in 1935. Jovino could not be made due to his matrilineal Irish ancestry, but he became a key member of Salvatore Tessio's crew. Jovino had enforcer Aldo Trapani take over the Verona Warehouse of Little Italy before sending him to bomb the Tattaglia Compound in Brooklyn, destroying the Tattaglia crime family and much of its distribution network.

Death
In 1950, as the Corleones were caught up in a stalemate with the rival families during the Five Families War, Jovino began to sell information to the rival Barzini crime family. Al Neri discovered Jovino's collaboration with the Barzinis, and he fled to Rosa's, where he took Rosa Morelli and her prostitutes hostage. Trapani found Jovino holding Morelli at gunpoint, and Trapani shot Jovino in the face, killing him instantly.